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Cheapskate - The Man
First of all I'd like to state that I made a mistake in my last tip. It seems that Armor Exe's spell counter removing effect is a cost, so that part of the effect is not negated by Skill Drain. My sincere apologies to all of you.
 
Now, onto to today's article. Like many other duelists out there I am not rich. *Sobs*. I cannot afford that Yata-Garasu or that Chaos Emperor Dragon. Does this mean I can't win? Absolutely not.
 
Don't overlook those commons and rares. Several 1900 attackers are easily attainable rares. We also have Berserk Gorilla. Giant Orc can be a good alternative to Goblin Attack Force.
 
Beatdown not your thing? No problem. White Magical Hat, Great Phantom Thief, and Spirit Reaper can be used for hand disrupting when Don Zaloog is nonexistent in your deck.
 
Burners can work, too. Des Koala, Bowganian, Cannon Soldier and Stealth Bird all have the ability to slowly burn away your opponent' s Life. You can also try a Balloon Lizard. Just be sure not to destroy it yourself!
 
As for Traps and Magics (Spells...sorry) MST, Swords of Revealing Light, Nobleman of Crossout, Axe of Despair, and Waboku come in the starter decks. Gravity Bind can have whole decks built around it, and Curse of Darkness has the potential to replace Imperial Order as well as add burn. CoD is a continuous trap card that deals 1000 LP of damage to a player when he/she activates a spell card. Time it carefully...
 
Sakuretsu armor can also be an alternative to Mirror Force. It does the same thing except that it destroys the attacking monster only.
 
Ojama Trio, a common from Dark Crisis, can effectively fill up your opponents field space. The tokens it creates also do a little burn damage when destroyed.
 
Here is an example of a cheap Burn deck. Since most of the cards being banned are super rare or rarer I will just make this deck follow the ban list. There are only 2 holos in it, Graceful Charity and Scapegoat, both of which come in the Pegasus and Joey starters respectively.
 
Cheapskate Burners (40)
 
Monsters (18)
 
3x Des Koala
 
3x Stealth Bird
 
3x Bowganian
 
3x Cannon Soldier
 
2x Spirit Reaper
 
1x Balloon Lizard
 
1x Witch of the Black Forest
 
1x Sangan
 
1x Mystic Tomato
 
Spells (13)
 
3x MST
 
2x Last Will
 
1x Monster Reborn
 
1x Pot of Greed
 
1x Graceful Charity
 
1x Swords of Revealing Light
 
1x Poison of the Old Man
 
1x Dark Hole
 
1x Scapegoat
 
1x Premature Burial
 
Traps (9)
 
3x Gravity Bind
 
2x Curse of Darkness
 
2x Waboku
 
1x Ojama Trio
 
1x Sakuretsu Armor
 
This deck is just an example. Tweak it out to your style. I also made it quite quickly so it probably isn't perfect, but, then again, no deck is.
 
So go on and dig through your commons and rares and build a deck from those. You'd be surprised how effective it can be.
 
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